On Friday, the outdoors clothing and gear company ran an ad in
The Washington Post calling for an end to the partial government
shutdown and not-so-subtly slamming Trump's refusal to reopen the
government without funding for a border wall.

"Walls shouldn't block access to parks, and federal workers
shouldn't be left out in the cold," a quote attributed to
Columbia CEO Tim Boyle says in the ad. "Work together to open the
parks."

Columbia spent $80,000 for the full-page ad,
The Oregonian reports. It says in large letters: "Make
America's Parks Open Again."

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"For 80 years, we've made outdoor gear so people can enjoy the
outdoors and our public lands," Boyle said in a statement to
Business Insider.

"During those 80 years, we've never seen our national parks
treated with such disrespect," he continued. "To leave the parks
open but unstaffed is a blatant disregard for our natural
treasures."

National parks in the American West have been plagued by garbage
and feces overflow in recent weeks, absent of workers to clean
toilets or pick up trash.

Park rangers and other federal employees working in parks have
been furloughed for three weeks as the government shutdown
stretches into day 21. But despite the lack of federal employees
to maintain the parks, the Trump administration has opted to keep
the gates open to the public during the shutdown.

"The filth is unprecedented, even for a shutdown, when it's
common for the government to suspend all operations at national
parks - including visitor access," Business Insider's Aria Bendix
reports.